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Jul 2, 1998 criminal law preventive suspension public officials re-election anti-graft supreme court

Re-Election and Criminal Liability: Why Public Officials Can Still Face Suspension for Past Misdeeds

Re-election does not erase criminal liability. The Supreme Court clarifies preventive suspension still applies to public officials for prior-term offenses.

Aug 11, 1997 criminal-law gross-ignorance-of-law judicial-ethics administrative-case sentencing revised-penal-code

Gross Ignorance of the Law: When Judges Overstep Their Authority

A Supreme Court ruling on when a judge's sentencing errors become gross ignorance of the law warranting administrative sanctions.